Subject Terms

Formats

scrapbooks

photographs

correspondence

Biographical Note

Dorothy Hagert Crosby

Born to immigrant parents on 6 September 1908 in Emerado, North Dakota, Dorothy Crosby attended primary school in Pleasant
View Township, Grand Forks County, and Central High School in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Attending College during the Depression,
Crosby earned her B.S. from Mayville State Teachers College.

Following college, Crosby lived in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York, where she met her future husband, L.O. Crosby,
Jr. The two married in Emerado, North Dakota, 1935. Following marriage, the couple lived in Crosby, Mississippi, 1935-1941,
and Picayune, Mississippi, 1941-1970. Dorothy Hagert Crosby passed away in 2006.

Scope and Content Note

Collection of two scrapbooks detailing the Dorothy Crosby Appreciation Day, 3 August 1980, compiled by Dorothy H. Crosby.
The scrapbooks contain photographs, clippings, programs, biographical information, invitations, invitation list for the Appreciation
Day and transcripts of letters. The photographs in these scrapbooks depict Rowan Oak, the Crosby Family, Chancellor and Mrs.
Fortune, and the events related to the Dorothy Crosby Appreciation Day.

User Information

Prefered Citation

Dorothy Crosby Scrapbooks Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The
University of Mississippi

Access Restrictions

The Dorothy Crosby Scrapbooks Collection is open for research.

Copyright Restrictions

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making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under
certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized
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is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other
than private study, scholarship or research." If a user makes a request for, or
later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use",
that user may be liable for copyright infringement.

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Resources at the University of Mississippi

For a description of the William Faulkner archival collections housed at the University of Mississippi, please view our William Faulkner Subject Guide

Container List

Dorothy Crosby Appreciation Day Scrapbook. 3 August 1980. "Rowan Oak. Home of William Faulkner. University of Mississippi
"Ole Miss"

Dorothy Crosby Appreciation Day Scrapbook Continued. 3 August 1980. "Rowan Oak. Home of William Faulkner. University of Mississippi
"Ole Miss"